Method and apparatus for charging for finishing operations on an electrophotographic printing machine
CA 2334608 A1 · Owner: Salgado, David L. · Inventors: Salgado, David L.
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A method for enabling an electrophotographic printing machine having a customer billing interface to bill the customer for finishing operations performed, includes programming variable - rates for finishing operations into a machine controller. With receipt of a machine enable signal from the customer billing interface, the marking operation is initiated. The controller emits sheet fed pulses for, each sheet marked, and, at the completion of a set or stack emits sheet fed , pulses, corresponding to the type of finishing performed.
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- Filed February 8, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 8, 2021.
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